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A leader of Mexican folk saint cult 'La Santa Muerte' is killed at an altar to the skeletal figure
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was gunned ... The saint — whose name ...
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Cult leader gunned down at altar of skeleton saint she worshipped
A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was shot dead ... The saint — whose name means roughly “Holy Death” — is often worshipped by convicts, drug addicts ...
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Mexicans Turn to Santa Muerte, 'Saint Death'
A growing number of Mexicans are turning to Santa Muerte, instead of to the official patroness, the Virgin of Guadalupe, in a practice that the Catholic Church has publicly condemned as blasphemy.